quantmod (version 0.4-5)

getFX: Download Exchange Rates

Description

Download exchange rates or metals prices from oanda.

Usage

getFX(Currencies, from = Sys.Date() - 499, to = Sys.Date(), env = parent.frame(), verbose = FALSE, warning = TRUE, auto.assign = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

Currencies

Currency pairs expressed as ‘CUR/CUR’

from

start date expressed in ISO CCYY-MM-DD format

to

end date expressed in ISO CCYY-MM-DD format

env

which environment should they be loaded into

verbose

be verbose

warning

show warnings

auto.assign

use auto.assign

...

additional parameters to be passed to getSymbols.oanda method

Value

The results of the call will be the data will be assigned automatically to the environment specified (parent by default). Additionally a vector of downloaded symbol names will be returned.See getSymbols and getSymbols.oanda for more detail.

Details

A convenience wrapper to getSymbols(x,src='oanda'). See getSymbols and getSymbls.oanda for more detail.

References

Oanda.com http://www.oanda.com

See Also

getSymbols, getSymbols.oanda

Examples

## Not run: 
# 
# getFX("USD/JPY")
# 
# getFX("EUR/USD",from="2005-01-01")
# ## End(Not run)